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CELL MEMBRANE
STRUCTURE
PROCESSES THAT TRANSPORT MOLECULES INTO/OUT
OF CELLS
THE STRUCTURE OF THE CELL
MEMBRANE
C.
D.
B.
A.
• LETTER A = THE PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER
• MOST COMMON MATERIAL IN THE CELL MEMBRANE
• TWO LAYERS THICK
• EACH LAYER HAS A ROUNDED HEAD END (HYDROPHILIC = LOVES
WATER) THAT ALWAYS FACES THE WATER BASED SOLUTION (EITHER
THE CELL’S ENVIRONMENT OR THE CELL’S CYTOPLASM.
• EACH PHOSPHOLIPID HAS TWO TAILS ON ONE END (HYDROPHOBIC
= FEARS WATER) THAT ALWAYS FACE AWAY FROM THE WATERBASED SOLUTIONS.
• ROUND ENDS OF THE PHOSPHOLIPIDS DON’T FIT TIGHTLY
TOGETHER WHICH CREATES TINY SPACES, CALLED PORES,
IN THE CELL MEMBRANE.
• SMALL MOLECULES LIKE WATER, CARBON DIOXIDE, AND
OXYGEN CAN PASS THROUGH THESE PORES.
• THE MEMBRANE IS PERMEABLE TO THESE MATERIALS.
• LETTER B = TRANSPORT PROTEINS (ALSO CALLED
CHANNEL OR CARRIER PROTEINS)
• PROTEIN MOLECULES IN THE PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER.
• OPEN UP TO HELP LARGE MOLECULES GO ACROSS THE
CELL MEMBRANE TO MOVE INTO OR OUT OF THE CELL.
Transport
Protein
• LETTER C = RECEPTOR PROTEINS
• A PLACE WHERE CHEMICALS CAN ATTACH TO
THE CELL MEMBRANE
• LETTER D = RECOGNITION PROTEINS
• HELP TO IDENTIFY CELL TYPE (MAMMAL, HUMAN, LIVER,
LUNG, ETC.)
• LIKE AN ID TAG!
• HELPS CELLS STICK TOGETHER TO FORM TISSUES
• ALSO CALLED GLYCOPROTEINS
MODEL OF CELL MEMBRANE
• CALLED FLUID MOSAIC MODEL
• FLUID = FLEXIBLE, FLOWING
• MOSAIC = MADE OF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PIECES
1.
LAY YOUR PAPER IN LANDSCAPE ON YOUR DESK. NAME ON TOP RIGHT.
2.
TITLE IT “CELL MEMBRANE STRUCTURE”
3.
DRAW A PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER. (LEAVE THREE SPACES)LABEL THE INSIDE
AND OUTSIDE OF THE CELL.
4.
DRAW A TRANSPORT PROTEIN.
5.
LABEL AND EXPLAIN THE ROLE OF A TRANSPORT PROTEIN.
6.
DRAW A RECEPTOR PROTEIN.
7.
LABEL AND EXPLAIN THE ROLE OF A RECEPTOR PROTEIN.
8.
DRAW A RECOGNITION PROTEIN.
9.
LABEL AND EXPLAIN THE ROLE OF A RECOGNITION PROTEIN.
10. MAKE A LARGE BOX AND LABEL IT “FLUID MOSAIC MODEL”.
11. IN THE BOX, EXPLAIN WHY WE DESCRIBE THE CELL MEMBRANE AS THE
FLUID MOSAIC MODEL.